1. B-BBEE Skills Proposal
Level 2 B-BBEE company:
66% Black Owned
33% Black Woman Owned

2. EduPower offers fully hosted, 12-month SETA accredited learnerships.
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
EduPower offers fully hosted, 12-month SETA accredited learnerships.
Our unique company recruits, trains and places candidates. We provide a range of standard short courses in our classroom environment with real skills being taught in our experiential contact centre - skills that effectively prepare our candidates for their first jobs.
Our focus is on previously disadvantaged, abled and disabled youth. We can therefore offer our partners the B-BBEE credits they require in terms of their Skills Development element of their scorecard.
EduPower is a Black owned, Black female owned B-BBEE level 2 company (EME).

3. WHY IS B-BBEE IMPORTANT?
Importance
WHY IS B-BBEE IMPORTANT?
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE)
The objective of B-BBEE is to broaden the country’s economic growth, eradicate poverty and accelerate job creation to build a stronger economy in which all South Africans can participate and benefit.

4. QSE (Turnover R10mil – R50mil) Generic (Turnover > R50mil)
scorecard
ELEMENTS OF B-BBEE **
Elements
Description
QSE (Turnover R10mil – R50mil)
Generic (Turnover > R50mil)
Ownership
Who owns the business 25
Management Control
Black Shareholders, Directors and Managers
who work in the business 15 19
Skills Development
Black people trained by the business
Enterprise and Supplier
Development
Purchases from suppliers, Supplier and
Enterprise Development programmes 30 44
Socio- Economic Development
Contributions to charities with Black
beneficiaries 5
Total
100
118
** applicable to entities that do not fall under specific sector B-BBEE codes

5. B-BBEE Recognition Level
LEVELS OF COMPLIANCE
B-BBEE LEVELS
B-BBEE Status
Qualification
B-BBEE Recognition Level
Level 1
> 100 points
135%
Level 2
> 95 but < 100
125%
Level 3
> 90 but < 95
110%
Level 4
> 80 but < 90
100%
Level 5
> 75 but < 80
80%
Level 6
> 70 but < 75
60%
Level 7
> 55 but < 70
50%
Level 8
> 40 but < 55
10%
Non-compliant
< 40 0%
It is important to remember that ownership, skills development and enterprise and supplier development are now all priority elements, with a subminimum achievement of 40% required on each to avoid dropping a scorecard level.
Note: certain sector codes such as ICT and Maritime have a different scorecard.

6. Skills Development: 20-25 points
YOUR SCORE
Skills Development: points
The spend target has doubled to 6% of annual salary / wages bill
85% of the spend must be on accredited training (eg Learnerships)
Includes people other than employees (unemployed)
For generics, there are specific targets per sub-race and gender group
Points available have increased from 20 to 25
In order to score any points under Skills Development, training in priority skills for Black people must be evident and the following documentation must be submitted to your SETA for approval for both QSE and Generic entities:
Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)
Annual Training Report (ATR)
Pivotal Report (specific to artisans)

7. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCORECARD Criteria / Description
Cat.
Criteria / Description
Points
2.1
Skills development expenditure on any programme specified in the learning programme matrix for Black people as a percentage of the leviable amount
2.1.1
Skills development expenditure on learning programmes specified in the learning programme matrix for Black people as a percentage of the leviable amount 8
2.1.2
Skills development expenditure on learning programmes specified in the learning programme matrix for Black employees with disabilities as a percentage of the leviable amount 4
2.2
Learnerships, apprenticeships & internships
2.2.1
Number of Black people participating in learnerships, apprenticeships & internships as a percentage of the total employees
2.2.2
Number of Black unemployed people participating in training specified in the learning programme matrix as a percentage of the number of employees
2.3
Bonus Points
2.3.1
Number of Black people absorbed by the Measured Entity at the end of the learnership programme 5
TOTAL: 25

8. END-TO-END ADMIN SERVICES
Recruitment that complies with your required demographics
The supply of all documentation required for verification purposes including:
Learner ID
Affidavit that learner is unemployed
Disability medical certificate
Learnership contract
Proof of SETA registration
Entry and exit from the required SETA
Replacement of a learner if necessary
Payroll management: if we handle your stipend payroll, we will refund the available tax allowances and rebates to you
Reports on overall progress and performance of your learners

9. WAY FORWARD
HOW WE CAN ASSIST
1. Recruit
Edupower will recruit to your company specifications and B-BBEE requirements
Able and disabled learners of the required demographic groups
2. Train
SETA Accredited Learnership Training for 12 months (NQF 2, 3, 4, 5)
Edupower will handle all the relevant learnership tax allowances (s12H) and incentives claims (ETI) and pass these back to you our Client to reduce the financial burden
3. Host
Edupower will host Learners in an experiential environment for up to 12 months
4. Place
Edupower actively seeks to place Learners into their first full time employed role at the end of the Learnership programme or sooner where appropriate
5. Short Courses
Edupower can provide SETA accredited unit standard training courses

10. We will provide a tailor made proposal and quote you on the cost
WAY FORWARD
OUR PROCESS
Engage with us
Together, we identify the training requirements specific to your company
We will provide a tailor made proposal and quote you on the cost
Upon acceptance, we complete an engagement document together
We identify and recruit the Learners, complete the statutory documentation and begin the classroom and experiential training

11. EduPower’s Classrooms

12. EduPower’s Career Centre

13. EduPower Courses APPENDIX A Learnerships Short Courses
NQF Level 3: Call Centre
Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook – Levels 1 & 2 & 3
NQF Level 4: Call Centre
Microsoft Project software training
NQF Level 5: Generic Management
Project Management Theory
NQF Level 3: End User Computing
Time Management
NQF Level 4: Project Management
NQF Level 4: Business Administration
Business skills

14. APPENDIX B S12 Tax Allowance
Appendix B – Available Tax Allowances and Rebates on
Learnerships
S12 Tax Allowance
Two types of deductions are available, namely:
Annual allowance to which the employer is entitled in any year of assessment in which a learner is a party to a registered learnership agreement; and
Completion allowance during any year of assessment in which the learner successfully completes the learnership.
The key features of these allowances are that:
the annual allowance is subject to a pro rata reduction if the registered learnership agreement does not cover the full 12 months during any year of assessment.
the completion allowance is granted once-off and deductible in the year of assessment in which the learner successfully completes the learnership.
the quantum of these allowances is increased if the learner is a person with a disability.

15. Company Cash Impact – Corporate tax rate 28%
APPENDIX b
Appendix B – Continued
The quantum of the annual allowance
The annual allowance is deductible in each year of assessment in which the learnership agreement is in force
For 12 full months during any year of assessment
The quantum of the annual allowance is equal to –
R40 000; or
R if the learner is a person with a “disability” as defined in Section 18(3).
For each period of less than 12 full months during any year of the assessment
The annual allowance is a pro rata protion if the learner is a party to a registered learnership agreement for less than 12 full months during the year of assessment.
Company Cash Impact – Corporate tax rate 28%
Per Learner:
Full 12 months
Per completed month
Able bodied Learner
R11 200
R 933
Disabled Learner
R16 800
R1 400

16. APPENDIX b Appendix B – cont. The quantum of the completion allowance
The quantum of the completion allowance is equal to –
R40 000; or
R if the learner is a person with a “disability” as defined in Section 18(3).
Company Cash Impact – Corporate tax rate 28%
Per Learner:
Full 12 months
Able bodied Learner
R11 200
Disabled Learner
R16 800
Total s12H Benefit to Corporate: Annual and Completion
- should a learner complete the full programme
Company Cash Impact – Corporate tax rate 28%
Per Learner:
Complete Programme
Able bodied Learner
R22 400
Disabled Learner
R33 600

17. Company Cash Impact – reduction of PAYE
APPENDIX B
Appendix B – cont.
ETI rebate (PAYE)
Aim to stimulate employment of young people
For learners between the age of 18 – 29 years
Value of the ETI monthly rebate: R1 000
Deducted from PAYE to be paid across / instant benefit
Company Cash Impact – reduction of PAYE
Per Learner:
Monthly
R1 000
Full 12 month programme
R12 000

18. APPENDIX C – B-BBEE Affidavit